More Cities and Companies

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But good to hear that the game does not grind to a halt.

After several tests, if the number of companies exceeds 500, the duration of the turn significantly increases.
Instead of increasing the number, a different approach was chosen:

the total amount of companies was reduced to a base value of 300.
If the 300-company option is selected, then:
at the beginning of the game (2020), only about 20 companies are added to the map.
As the game progresses, companies will be added gradually, several per year.
Companies are more evenly distributed across regions.
At the beginning, they are added to specific regions and cities with high population figures (Tokyo, New York, etc.).
In this way, a small number can “cover” important parts of the map, and at the same time, companies do not compete at the beginning of the game.